Free Friends & Families Drop-In Day: April
Craft in America Invites you and your young ones to participate in our Friends & Families Drop-In Day on April 25, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
On this special community day, participants will be guided to discover the history and craftsmanship behind the evolution of the skateboard in this hands-on, all-ages experience!
Get creative as you create your own skateboard designs, piece together inventive builds, and put your engineering, design, and craftsmanship skills to the test through mixed media deck art, scavenger hunts, word searches, and skateboard trivia!
We hope to see you this month for some fun mixed media, skateboard deck designing! The Craft in America Center (West Hollywood adjacent) is open Tuesday-Saturday, from 12-6 pm.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention.
Ferne will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Students will provide their own materials.
The workshop fee is $125.00. Limit of 9 students.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Free Family Drop-In Day: February
Tools of the Trades Exhibition:
Handmade Implements and Devices
Craft in America invites you and your young ones to participate in our free Family Drop-In Day on February 21, 2026 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
On this special drop-in workshop day, participants will be guided to create beautiful cardboard customizable tools inspired by our Tools of the Trades: Handmade Implements and Devices exhibition.
Craft in America will provide a guided, cardboard tool making activity as well as a variety of activity sheets for visitors ages 2-17. These games and drawing prompts encourage creativity and curiosity within our gallery spaces.
We hope to see you this month for some fun cardboard tool making! The Craft in America Center (West Hollywood adjacent) is open Tuesday-Saturday, from 12-6 pm.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention. This session will focus on color use.
Ferne will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Students will provide their own materials.
The workshop fee is $125.00. Limit of 9 students.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention.
Ferne will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Students will provide their own materials.
The workshop fee is $125.00. Limit of 9 students.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention.
Ferne will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Students will provide their own materials.
The workshop fee is $125.00. Limit of 9 students.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Knotless Netting with Annette Heully
Learn all about the knotless netting process. This hand weaving technique uses simple knots, loops and a needle to shape a flexible netted structure around almost any form. Learn the knotless netting process by making your own net around an object you bring to the workshop.
The workshop fee is $70 and includes materials.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Annette Heully, an internationally exhibited artist, earned her MFA from California State University at Long Beach with an emphasis in Fiber. She received her BA from San Francisco State University with an emphasis in Textiles. She was awarded the Public Installation Grant from Fiber Art Now magazine and is featured in the Winter 2023 issue. She was the Artist in Residence at Taft gardens in Ojai, and at the Llewellyn Gallery in New York. She was a recipient of the Marilyn Werby Scholarship as well as the School of Art nominee for the Bergeron Award for Distinction in the Arts. She has over twenty years weaving experience, which not only include her artistic practice, but also production weaving for fashion and interior designers. She has taught in many different contexts; with individuals, in small workshop settings, and at the university level. She currently lives and works in her home town Ojai, California.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention.
Ferne will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Students will provide their own materials.
The workshop fee is $125.00. Limit of 9 students.
Parking: Since most of the parking in the area has a two hour limit, the most convenient option is to pay to park at the Beverly Connection less than a block west on W. Third Street. Handicapped parking is available behind Freehand.
Layered Leporello Book Arts Workshop with Victoria May
Use the modular folded structure of the Leporello format to create an accordion book with layers, windows and pop-ups.
Explore telling a story or creating a mood through structural shifts in the treatment of the paper and pages. Explore translating abstract concepts into visual motifs that transition over the course of the pages. Use easy and fun techniques like stenciling, rubbing and collage to embellish your book with texture and imagery.
Students provide: X-acto knife and blades, scissors, glue stick and self-healing cutting mat (or sturdy cardboard sheet).
Workshop fee: $80, includes paper, adhesive and other supplies.
Victoria May uses fabric and stitching as the basis for mixed-media sculpture and installation that address the tenderness and absurdity in the human condition. She is an avid advocate for material re-use and for the recognition of the beauty in the ordinary.
May received her MFA from San Jose State University and her BA from UCLA. She received the Santa Cruz County Rydell Fellowship and was named an Artist Laureate by Silicon Valley Creates. She has had residencies in Los Angeles at the Camera Obscura Art Lab and Art Share LA
May has worked as an art instructor at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz County in person and remotely for over 20 years. Beyond Cabrillo, she has taught several workshops, most notably at UCSC, Penland and the Oregon College of Art and Craft.
Craft Circle March
The Craft in America Center has been holding a recurring Craft Circle gathering. This is a time to work on a smallish, hand-held project in community with others. Sessions will begin with a prompt as a jumping off point to inform the conversation and making, plus we will offer a curated selection of craft-art books and periodicals for inspiration. Bringing a note- or sketchbook is encouraged! Please bring a relatively mess-free project that doesn’t require a lot of clean up. Examples include: embroidery, watercolor, quilting, crochet, ceramic sgraffito, etc.
Free to all ages! Maximum of 15 attendees. Save your seat by emailing rsvp@craftinamerica.org.